HMS Birmingham (C19)
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HMS Birmingham was a member of the first group of five ships of the Town class light cruisers.
Birmingham in 1943
Ship's badge in the National Maritime Museum
Field Marshal Montgomery saluting from his car while passing down a quayside lined with a Royal Marine Guard of honour from Birmingham. The Field Marshal had just landed at Copenhagen, Denmark following its liberation by British forces. Birmingham is moored to the quayside and her crew line the decks
The Baby and the Battleship
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The Baby and the Battleship is a colour 1956 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and André Morell. It is based on the 1956 novel by Anthony Thorne w
HMS Birmingham (C19)
…from the Far East. In 1955 Birmingham was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet, where she was the flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron. The 1956 film The Baby and the Battleship was filmed aboard her. During the same year she was in the Mediterranean, Birmingham also took part in the film Battle of the River Plate starring…
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